Nissan North America Announces January Sales

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NISSAN NORTH AMERICA ANNOUNCES JANUARY SALES

GARDENA, Calif. (February 1, 2006) – Nissan North America, Inc. (NNA) reported 75,891 total sales in January, posting a slight 0.9 percent decrease over last year. The Nissan Division also posted a 0.1 decrease over last year while the fuel-efficient Murano celebrated its best January ever. While NNA’s luxury marque, Infiniti, posted a 7.5 decrease in sales, the all-new Infiniti M continues its success by posting strong sales and also observes its best January ever.

NISSAN HIGHLIGHTS

•January sales for Nissan-brand vehicles of 67,834 units were down 0.1 percent when compared to last year with 67,871 units sold

•Sentra (9,807 units sold) continues to post strong sales by reporting a 19.9 percent increase.

•The 2006 Motor Trend Truck of the Year Nissan Xterra posted a solid 12.8 percent increase with 5,625 units sold.

•Murano (6,988 units sold) had its best January ever with a 28.6 percent increase in sales.

INFINITI HIGHLIGHTS

•Sales for Infiniti were down 7.5 percent from last January with 8,713 units sold

•The all-new M continued its strong sales momentum with 1,892 units sold and posts its best January ever

NNA INFORMATION

•Combined January sales for Nissan and Infiniti totaled 75,891 units, a slight 0.9 percent decrease when compared to last year with 76,584 units.

In North America, NNA’s operations include automotive styling, engineering, consumer and corporate financing, sales and marketing, distribution and manufacturing. More information on NNA and the complete line of Nissan and Infiniti vehicles can be found online at www.nissannews.com or by contacting the corporate media line at 310/771-5631.

Link: http://nissannews.com/corporate/news/curre...201093616.shtml

Release w/sales chart: http://nissannews.com/corporate/news/curre...60102_75525.doc

[regfootball]

rising Murano sales are a tell tale sign of just how much of a surge the crossover market is starting to do, and products like the ford edge are ripe to pick into some of the muranos shares.

[Snate]

•Sentra (9,807 units sold) continues to post strong sales by reporting a 19.9 percent increase.

Ok...all this talk about GM fleet sales...but 10K Sentras...gotta be alot of fleet there.

[Newbiewar]

Ok...all this talk about GM fleet sales...but 10K Sentras...gotta be alot of fleet there.

its okay, its nissan its good that they have some fleet sales... its only bad to have fleet sales if you are GM...

[Flybrian]

Armada and QX56 are dying. Any wonder why?